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Technical assistance towards universal ratification and implementation of the Convention for the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearances | Oral statement to the UN Human Rights Council

18/10/2024

Full .pdf statement See more LRWC statements at the 57th session of the UN Human Rights Council Organization: Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada Item 10: General Debate Date: 8 October 2024 Oral Statement to the 57th Session of the UN Human Rights Council from Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada (LRWC), … [Read more...]

Briefing notes for BC Election Candidates: The 2024 Legal Professions Act (“Bill 21”) violates British Columbia’s international law obligations

25/09/2024

Full PDF Briefing Notes on Bill 21 for BC Election Candidates 2024 Briefing Notes on Bill 21, “Legal Professions Act.” Catherine Morris, JD, LLM Past Executive Director and current UN Representative for Lawyers Rights Watch Canada (LRWC) 25 September 2024 The 2024 Legal Professions Act … [Read more...]

A seismic shift in regulation of BC lawyers: A case study in the failure of democratic law-making | Article

09/08/2024

Full pdf version of the article Also see LRWC's advocacy on the independence of the legal profession in BC 'On 10 April 2024, the details of Bill 21 became public for the first time. The government’s intention became clear... it had unilaterally decided to impose its own institutional design … [Read more...]

Open Letter: Premier David Eby Stop the criminalization of Wet’suwet’en land defenders!

03/07/2024

Full PDF joint open letter [EN] | [FR] Wet’suwet’en land defenders, under the governance of the Wet’suwet’en Nation’s Hereditary Chiefs, oppose the construction of a natural gas pipeline by the Canadian-based company Coastal GasLink Pipeline Ltd. (CGL), owned by TC Energy Corporation. This … [Read more...]

Alex Neve: A call for Canadian support for the ICC’s work with respect to Palestine/Israel

03/06/2024

Republished with permission of the author, Alex Neve, 29 May 2024 I am honoured to be among 375 Canadian law professors, lawyers, legal scholars, academics, civil society, faith and labour movement leaders, and former diplomats and parliamentarians, who have written the following Open Letter to the … [Read more...]

Joint Statement: BC Government Must Withdraw Bill 21 (Legal Professions Act)

16/05/2024

Canada: British Columbia government’s sweeping changes to the legal profession undermine the international human rights and the rule of law Full PDF Version Statement 15 May 2024 The undersigned are deeply concerned by sweeping changes to the legal profession proposed by the government of … [Read more...]

BC, Canada: Bill 21 “Legal Professions Act” is fundamentally flawed and should be withdrawn. Why? | Briefing Notes

24/04/2024

Full PDF briefing notes on Bill 21 (3 pages) | See more on Bill 21 Briefing Notes on Bill 21, “Legal Professions Act.” Catherine Morris, member and former Executive Director, Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada 23 April 2024 Bill 21 “Legal Professions Act” is fundamentally flawed and should be … [Read more...]

British Columbia, Canada: Analysis of Bill 21 shows clear violation of international law and standards on independence of lawyers

17/04/2024

LRWC: protecting access to justice and independence of the legal profession in British Columbia, Canada for over two decades

14/04/2024

LRWC research, education, and advocacy on human rights concerns in British Columbia, 2002-2024 Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada has conducted research, education and advocacy on human rights issues in British Columbia (BC) since 2002. The primary focus of LRWC’s work in BC has been on access to … [Read more...]

Canada: British Columbia’s proposed legislation (Bill 21) violates international human rights law and standards on independence of the legal profession

10/04/2024

Note: LRWC's 10 April 2024 letter and brief were published before LRWC was aware of the almost simultaneous tabling of Bill 21 in the British Columbia (BC) legislature on 10 April 2024. See LRWC's analysis of Bill 21 in its briefing paper of 17 April 2024. LRWC sent a 12 April 2024 follow up … [Read more...]